These pop-up cards are super easy to make and lots of fun. We made these New Year fireworks cards in less than 10 minutes. They’re also a great way to introduce children to the concept of levers and mechanisms. Easy pop-up cards What you need Card Glue or other sticky materials ( you could test glue,…
Do you remember when we designed a house made of sweets and tried to find the best materials for its construction? We’ve followed the same concept with this fun edible science investigation to make a marshmallow Olaf from Disney’s Frozen. What are the best sweets for Olaf? Marshmallows were the obvious choice, and we decided three…
Right at the beginning of summer we designed and then constructed a cardboard kitchen. First we thought about the features we needed to include by looking at our own kitchen and considering what we thought were the most important features. An area for the hob Tall enough to stand at comfortably An area to rest…
I’ve often wished we had a big LEGO® vacuum cleaner that sucked up and sorted LEGO®. Our collection is mixed up in a large box under my 7 year old bed. So today, we set about making a LEGO® filter. This is our first attempt and needs a little refining. First, we looked around the…
Our house is still loom band crazy, and although bracelets are still a big favourite, we’ve tried to be a little more adventurous this Summer. These are our 10 favourite Loom Band activity ideas. How about practising measuring with loom bands? Can you investigate how to make super bouncy loom band bouncy balls? We love…
Are you ready for our 6th LEGO® activity for the summer? We made several bridges and then devised a way to test how stable they were. First, we discussed how to test each bridge. We tried adding weights to the top, but they just fell off rather than breaking the bridge. We tried hanging weights from…
My children are all loom band crazy, so this week I set them a challenge. I made two loom band bouncy balls using this tutorial on Loom Love. One with 17 loom bands inside and one with just 10. I then asked the kids to work out which had the most bands in. This was great practice…
We love LEGO® here at Science Sparks and can’t wait to share our latest science and LEGO® creations. First up is a catapult. Catapults are great for learning about gravity and transfer of energy. When you pull down on the catapult arm, elastic potential energy is stored. When you release the catapult arm, the potential…
Following on from our post about patterns and measuring with loom bands, we’ve devised a little activity to investigate what happens when you add weight to different types of loom bands. What you need: Different types of loom bands to test, we used a normal band, a fishtail and a starburst. A ruler A weight Somewhere…
Every Superhero needs a cape, but which material flies best in the wind? this super simple science activity allows kids to channel their inner superhero and make the perfect flowing cape! This activity is also part of my playful science series full of simple and playful science for kids! Superhero Cape Experiment Challenge – to make…
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